# CVE-2025-38494: HID: core: do not bypass hid\_hw\_raw\_request

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-28 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request hid_hw_raw_request() is actually useful to ensure the provided buffer and length are valid. Directly calling in the low level transport driver function bypassed those checks and allowed invalid paramto be used.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd8e8314f2ce225dade5248dcfb9e2ac0edda624
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40e25aa7e4e0f2440c73a683ee448e41c7c344ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f10923b8d32a473b229477b63f23bbd72b1e9910
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a62a895edb2bfebffa865b5129a66e3b4287f34f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e5017d84d650ca0eeaf4a3fe9264c5dbc886b81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18f63e848840100dbc351a82e7042eac5a28cf5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d1314d46c0d8a5c08ab53ddeb62280c77698c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ca42f190b6714d6c481dfd3d9b62ea091c946b

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